Browsing by Author "Ayele, Moges (Dr"

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    The Causes of Divorce and its Influence on the Psychology Wellbeing of Children at Nifassilk Lafto Sub City Federal Supreme Court
    (AAU, 2021) Kebede, Eyerusalem; Ayele, Moges (Dr
    Psychosocial wellbeing is a measure of a healthy lifestyle that has three major dimensions namely: emotional wellbeing, social wellbeing, and resilience to changing environments. Many psychologists claim that there is a relationship between the psychosocial wellbeing of children and divorce. The main objective of this study is to assess the causes of divorce and psychosocial wellbeing of children in divorced families at Nifas Silk Lafto sub-city. Generally, economic, social, psychological and emotional problems were taken as major causes of divorce which leads to the children’s wellbeing. Cross-sectional research design was used and both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were implemented. In this research, there were 146 study participants The data were collected using questionnaire and interview guide. It has used descriptive statistics with means, standard deviations, frequencies and percentages as well as regression analysis for finding out results. From the findings, the prevalence of psychosocial unwellness amongst children of divorced parents at Nifas Silk Lafto sub-city was calculated to be 46.6% based on a scoring system developed. The most psychosocial dimension which is compromised was the ability to cope with new situations faced after divorce followed by emotional wellbeing and social wellbeing, respectively. It was found that child distress has a significant association with age, educational status, income level, and occupational status. Similarly, age, divorce handling age, and income level were observed to have statistically significant (p>0.05) effects on academic performance. These quantitative findings compliment qualitative results obtained from in-depth interview (IDI), focus group discussion (FGD) and key informant interview (KII) to collect the necessary data from target population. Regardless of its wide range occurrence, divorce has not given attention by the society and other concerned bodies. Therefore, it is recommended that the society, social workers, the concerned government organs are advised to play their important role in preventing the prevalence of divorce and ensuring its proper adjustment through changing the social environment in relation to marriage stability.
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    Psychological well-being among adolescent female victims of sexual violence: The case of Koye Secondary and Preparatory school
    (AAU, 2021-08) Argaw, Hailemicael; Ayele, Moges (Dr
    Sexual violence on adolescents is a common practice that results in multiple problems. Psychological impact of sexual violence is paramount. However, studies on victims’ psychological well-being are scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to explore sexual violence victims’ psychological well-being. This study was conducted at Koye secondary and preparatory school, Akaki Kality subcity, Addis Ababa. The study was a cross-sectional survey research. Ryff’s Psychological Well-being self-rating scale was used to collect data from 153 samples who reported sexual violence history. Besides, respondents’ background information was collected. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), one way ANOVA and multiple regression analyses were computed using SPSS-23. The result showed that 128 (83.659%) of sexual violence victims showed high psychological well-being. Moreover, one way ANOVA result indicated that psychological well-being is similar across the forms of sexual violence. However, one way ANOVA result showed that psychological well-being is significantly different across the type of perpetrators, where family and friend perpetrators contribute to low psychological wellness. Furthermore, multiple regression analysis result showed that perpetrator solely predicted less psychological well-being. Adolescent females are highly affected by sexual violence, which negatively impacts their psychological functioning. Therefore, effort needs to be done to create a conducive environment for adolescent females. In addition, counseling services need to incorporate mechanisms to boost adolescents psychological functioning.